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India scores high on the Power Distance Index: https://clearlycultural.com/geert-hofstede-cultural-dimensions/power-distance-index/?utm_source=chatgpt.com https

by jonahx 11mo ago

India scores high on the Power Distance Index: https://clearlycultural.com/geert-hofstede-cultural-dimensions/power-distance-index/?utm_source=chatgpt.com https://clearlycultural.com/geert-hofstede-cultural-dimensio... Seems like that would influence the behavior we're talking about. Maybe it's culturally independent of the caste system, but it feels like it would be connected. I don't have much personal experience here so I may be wrong.

unmole 11mo ago
> Maybe it's culturally independent of the caste system Is exactly my point. There seems to be tendency among Western observers to treat the caste system as a catch-all explanation for social dynamics in India. That kind of reductionism doens't have a lot of explanatory value.
- throwaway2037 11mo ago
  Thank to write this post. It drives me crazy on HN how many people tout this reductionist view of Indian culture. One thing I tell myself: The Indian nation is changing so fast that it is a new country every 10 years.